Just my opinion...

I recently got into a conversation on whether or not people should care more about their own families or create self awareness for everyone to show their children how to understand and learn situation on child care to better develop youth of today and make the future better.

Personally, I will work, help, support my family in any way I can, and "Personally" I could give a flying fuck less about the family down the street.

Does it make me a horrible person to care less about others feelings and tend to my own flesh and blood than to try to improve the future generations by contributing more to the school systems to which my child is raised in to make them better educated throughout schooling?

I am sorry I do not have the empathy for children starving half way around the world, I am sorry I could care less that my neighbor is having problems battling cancer.

I feel that if I am raising my children healthy and happy, that I am more worried about them having a cold than my neighbor falling down the stairs.

I'm not saying I wouldn't do my best to help, call 911, help them to the ambulance, but I will not go out of my way to look for problems with others or help them for that matter. My family is important to me and to be honest, I could give a flying fuck less about about anyone else.

My question is......

Does this make me a bad person???

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Nick ~Dad to 3 great girls~

Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow. ~Reed Markham

Comments (383)

I could give a flying fuck less about the family down the street.
It's could not...you could NOT give a flying fuck less. If you COULD give a flying fuck less I guess there is hope.
^^ I could make the first sentence work so maybe it's your comprehension;)

He gives a flying fuck because he sees the problems, says whatever! Sends his fucks-a-flying

^^Uh, it in no way agrees with the OP. My point was that you can help, even if you are helping only one person. I didn't say he needed help more than other people, and how does that even matter? Because someone might need help as much as someone else, then I shouldn't help them at all? I don't get it.

^^ you are calling OP (maybe not *you*) a sociopath because he only helps those very close to him, (family)
But everyone chooses who they help, and nobody helps *everybody*
Where's the line then? You need to help 100 people to not be a sociopath?1 million??
Also- my dd is SUPER caring/helpful.
I know by making sure she has everything she needs, she can spread everything better than me.
So my focus on dd is with awareness that her focus is on 100 people.

^^ you are calling OP (maybe not *you*) a sociopath because he only helps those very close to him, (family)But everyone chooses who they help, and nobody helps *everybody*Where's the line then? You need to help 100 people to not be a sociopath?1 million??

^^^Yeah, I never called the OP a sociopath. I also never said he had to help everybody. OP chooses to help nobody. That's the difference. Where is the line? Sure, it's blurry but I am pretty sure its somewhere past yourself.

Ladymama - This particular thread doesn't really have anything to do with how much one ACTUALLY does help. It is about the DESIRE to help. You and OP claim to not even have the desire to help, which is what people are taking issue with.

There are a great deal of caring, compassionate people who would love to help every person in the world if they could, many people on this thread would fall into this category. But we do not have the time or resources to actually do that. So we do what we feel we can and trust that there are enough people in the world who will also be doing what they can, enough so that all of our little efforts collectively make a difference.